1947
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (born 1878)
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (born 1878)
The 1940s
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1947
Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885)
Edward Joseph Konetchy, nicknamed "Big Ed" and "the Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from…
Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885)
1947
August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (born 1907)
August Eigruber was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Oberdonau and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-…
August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (born 1907)
1947
Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880)
Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. After their naturalisation as US citizens, the famil…
Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880)
1947
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (born 1867)
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games. He served as a Member of Parliament (…
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (born 1867)
1947
Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (born 1884)
Nils Olaf Chrisander was a Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth century.
Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (born 1884)
1947
James Agate, English author and critic (born 1877)
James Evershed Agate was an English diarist and theatre critic between the two world wars. He took up journalism in his late twenties and was on the staff of The Manchester Guardia…
James Agate, English author and critic (born 1877)
1947
Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)
Alexander Bethune, merchant, was the 12th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1907 to 1908. He had previously served seven years as alderman.
Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)
1947
Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (born 1898)
Shigematsu Sakaibara was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was respons…
Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (born 1898)
1947
Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (born 1906)
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lan…
Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (born 1906)
1947
Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (born 1864)
Emil Seidel was an American woodworker, patternmaker and politician. Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. The first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United St…
Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (born 1864)
1947
Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (born 1924)
James Emerson Delaney, known professionally as Jimmy Doyle, was a welterweight boxer who died after a boxing match with Sugar Ray Robinson.
Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (born 1924)
1947
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Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
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1947
Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (born 1875)
Stanislav Kostka Neumann was a Czech poet, literary critic, journalist and translator. He was known for his anarchist and communist views, which influenced his work. He is the fath…
Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (born 1875)
1947
Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (born 1862)
Adolfo Müller-Ury, KSG was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.
Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (born 1862)
1947
Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
Lucjan Żeligowski was a Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II. He is mostly remembered for his role in Ż…
Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
1947
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)
James Melvin Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)
1947
Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)
Walter Donaldson was a prolific American popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part…
Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)
1947
Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
Evald Tipner was an Estonian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest Estonian goalkeepers of all time. He was capped 66 times for the Estonia national football team, 7 ti…
Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
1947
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (born 1898)
U Razak was a Burmese politician and an educationalist. Of mixed Bamar-Indian ancestry, he was a cabinet minister in Aung San's pre-independence interim government, and was assassi…
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (born 1898)
1947
Aung San, Burmese general and politician (born 1915)
Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated ju…
Aung San, Burmese general and politician (born 1915)
1947
Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (born 1886)
Lyuh Woon-hyung, also known by his art name Mongyang, was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (born 1886)
1947
Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)
Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal P…
Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)
1947
American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the So
Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier and statesman.
American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the So